On 11/08/2010 12:38 PM, Oli Glaser wrote:
> Personally to start with I would give the C18 and Hi-Tech trial=20
> versions a
> go, and see which you like best, as you can use them straight from MPLAB =
and
> use your PicKit3 to program/debug with (you may have both versions alread=
y
> installed depending on the options you selected when installing MPLAB).
> Don't start the trial until you intend to use it a lot then you can plent=
y
> of practice with the full version in, and they are both still very useful
> afterwards too for stuff where speed and size is not *hugely* important.
>   =20

Thanks for that Oli.  I might cruise the 'net for some simple PIC C=20
projects and see if it makes any sense to me.  Sometimes certain paths=20
don't seem so bad after you've travelled part way down a couple of=20
times. :-)

I'm quite sure that my productivity would benefit from using a HLL with=20
PICs.  The inertia of what you're comfortable with can be quite=20
significant sometimes.  I almost certainly have some bad programming=20
habits to "un-learn" too!

Working in the electronics industry is great for diversity, but the=20
flip-side is that there's never enough time to learn as much as you'd=20
like about all avenues. Maybe learning and using C will help in some=20
small way.
David...

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